The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden ¶ 14. Dec 1860. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to inform you, that at a meeting of the zoological committee held this day, I was instructed to express to you the full concur...

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Q60/11320, unit 748, VPRS 1189/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 60.12.14b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to John Moore, 1860-12-14 [60.12.14b]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1860-9/1860/60-12-14b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden

14. Dec 1860.

Sir

I have the honor to inform you, that at a meeting of the zoological committee held this day, I was instructed to express to you the full concurrence of the Committee in the reasons given in my letter dated 12. inst,

M to J. Moore, 12 December 1860 (in this edition as 60-12-12b).

why the permanent standing of the booth of the Caledonian Society at the northern reserve of this establishment could not be approved of by the Committee.

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee of Management of the Zoological Garden held on 14 December 1860 record: 'The meeting on being informed of an application having been made by the Caledonian Society for permission to leave the booth, erected for the games, permanently standing at the northern ground, instructed Dr Mueller to inform Undersectretary Moore, that they fully concurred in the reasons already explained, that such arrangement was highly undesirable' (VPRS 2223/P, Public Record Office, Victoria).

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient servant

Ferd. Mueller.

Mr Undersecretary Moore

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